Harare: Ireland first. Then England. India lost two consecutive T20I series under Shreyas Iyer. The T20 world champions also slipped in the ICC T20 rankings due to the double blow. Team India lost their top spot in the ICC rankings after losing 6 matches in a row. 15 days ago England became the number 1 team. But the Indian team quickly took away England’s dominance. Team India regained their first place again. India returned to the top of the rankings after a resounding win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I.

Indian cricket team became the number 1 team in T20 in 2022, then won 2 consecutive World Cups in this format. But with the change of captain, India started losing one match after another. Team India’s ranking was also damaged due to 6 straight losses led by Shreyas Iyer. After losing the fifth T20I against England on July 11, India dropped to second place in the ICC T20I rankings. England came out on top, although both had equal rating points.

Dominance restored in 15 days

India topped the ICC T20 Team Rankings with 16088 points and a rating of 268. England dropped to second place with 10186 points and 268 rating. Australia and New Zealand are ranked third and fourth respectively. South Africa is ranked fifth.

India sealed the series win against Zimbabwe

Team India beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets in the first T20I. Shreyas Iyer and his team won the second T20 match by 90 runs on Saturday. Batting first, India made a huge score of 219 runs. Ishan Kishan played an innings of 81 runs off 44 balls. Tilak Verma scored 60 off 29 balls.

The Zimbabwean team was all out for 129 in the run chase. Abhishek Sharma who could not do much in batting performed well in bowling, he took 3 wickets. Prince Yadav and Yash Thakur took 2 wickets each. Team India has taken an unbeaten lead of 2-0 in the 3-match T20 series. The third match of the series will be played today Sunday at Harare Sports Club.

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